Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Earth Day Musings

(Edna St. Vincent Millay)

Ah, spring, lovely spring! The trees are a-blooming, and I just bought a pot of pansies, deep purple with little yellow centers. I put them just outside the front door so I could smell their fragrance and generally admire their velvety splendor whenever I leave the house.

On the occasion of this Earth Day, I am reminded that it was nearly a year ago that I decided to change my approach to making my books, and use only reclaimed and remnant leather. Instead of making life more difficult, as idealistic enthusiasms sometimes do, I found that it opened up a new world for me creatively as I happily whipped up ever more odd and eccentric journals -- it turns out that worn, overlooked leather and I go together. So in my efforts to be kinder to our dear Mother Earth, I benefited, as well. I'm sure there's a moral in there somewhere.And now, a poem for the season by Emily Dickinson:A little Madness in the SpringIs wholesome even for the King,But God be with the Clown -Who ponders this tremendous scene - this whole Experiment of Green - As if it were his own!